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Logan and Stacie Mathes were on "pins and needles" as they waited for Gov. Bill Haslam to sign legislation into law allowing cannabis oil to be used to treat seizures and similar medical problems in Tennessee.

WASHINGTON (AP) – In a new setback for the health care law and the people it's supposed to help, the government said Friday it made a tax-reporting error that's fouling up the filings of nearly a million Americans.

KNOXVILLE – There’s nothing like going into the offseason on a high note. The Vols will be riding the momentum from the resounding 45-28 victory against Iowa in the Jan. 2 TaxSlayer Bowl through the end of recruiting season, winter workouts, spring practices and into the summer months.

Home sales activity in Memphis and Shelby County certainly wasn’t spooky in October, with sales up 10 percent compared to the same month a year ago.

Memphis and Shelby County recorded 1,479 homes sales, up 10 percent from 1,343 in October 2013, according to real estate information company Chandler Reports, www.chandlerreports.com. The 1,479 homes sold in October is down 4 percent from 1,543 in September.

The Batch subscription service that sends a surprise collection of local goods each month to subscribers’ doorsteps expanded to Memphis at the beginning of this year after launching first in Nashville.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A half-dozen states with backlogs for Medicaid enrollees were facing a federal deadline Monday to create plans for getting those low-income residents enrolled in health coverage.

Give a crew of tech-savvy creatives a digital sandbox in which to stretch their imagination, and they’re liable to build something fun and inventive that requires so much inspiration it feeds back into their real job.

The Seattle Seahawks proved that the old maxim that “defense wins championships” can still apply in the modern-day NFL.

But for the University of Memphis, which will start its second season in the American Athletic Conference, defense is more basic than that: It’s what kept the Tigers in games last season, and with a lot of seniors on that team, coach Justin Fuente needed to restock.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Facing a rapidly approaching deadline, the White House and its allies are racing to enroll young people in new insurance plans offered under President Barack Obama's signature health care law, a sweeping effort that underscores how crucial the so-called "young invincibles" are to the measure's success.

The three Nashville friends who started Batch Nashville, which delivers a surprise batch of local goods each month to subscribers’ doorsteps, are bringing the service to Memphis.

Nashville entrepreneur Sam Davidson said the group behind Batch Nashville had been looking to bring the model to another city in the state and looked for one “that had a growing sense of local pride, as well as a national brand.”

NEW YORK (AP) – Shares of Twitter went on sale to the public for the first time Thursday, instantly leaping more than 70 percent above their offering price in a dazzling debut that exceeded even Wall Street's lofty hopes.

A sign hangs in the lobby at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital acknowledging the charitable efforts of an arguably unlikely group of hospital supporters.

Those supporters are a collection of Memphis musicians who represent a genre-spanning cross-section covering everything from hip-hop to modern rock. They’ve been performing live and donating music recently in service of a dedicated fundraising effort for the hospital, and the sign in the hospital lobby, a simple expression of gratitude, reads “Thank You Musicians for Le Bonheur.”

Heather Baugus Koury has been executive director of the American Institute of Architects Memphis chapter for more than a decade, and although she was just named to the distinguished status of Honorary AIA, she’s never considered becoming a practitioner.

It seemed only fitting that on the night O.J. Mayo returned to Memphis with the Dallas Mavericks – averaging 20 points a game and leading the NBA in 3-point shooting – that Mike Conley would break the Grizzlies’ franchise record for career assists.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) – The Michigan House approved the first of two right-to-work bills Tuesday that would weaken union power in the historical labor stronghold as hundreds of protesters rallied at the Capitol.

Construction on the Electrolux North America Cooking Products Memphis plant reached a milestone this week as workers put the company logo and name on the headquarters building in the Frank C. Pidgeon Industrial Park.

WASHINGTON (AP) – As many as 900 colleges are pushing students into using payment cards that carry hefty costs, sometimes even to get to their financial aid money, according to a report released Wednesday by a public interest group.

KIPP Memphis, which currently educates 500 students in grades five through nine at two schools, has embarked on an ambitious expansion plan that will include opening 10 collegiate schools educating roughly 4,500 students in North and South Memphis by 2016.

Embezzlement can be a major embarrassment for a large firm or the kiss of death for a small business.

Embezzlement is the act of dishonestly appropriating company funds by the person who is trusted with the company funds, and the high frequency of these crimes is driving several business owners to search out ways to protect themselves from this form of internal theft.

NEW YORK (AP) – These are the kinds of negotiations NBA fans have been waiting for.

Teams began talking to agents Wednesday as the lockout inched closer to its end, and basketball moved back into focus. Dwight Howard and Chris Paul were linked to trade speculation, while free agents such as Tyson Chandler and Nene were in the news after months of attorneys getting all the ink.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democratic and Republican primaries this coming Tuesday will narrow the field of candidates for Mississippi governor.

Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant of Brandon and commercial building contractor Dave Dennis of Pass Christian are spending the most in the five-person race for the Republican nomination, while Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree and Clarksdale businessman and attorney Bill Luckett are grabbing the most attention on the Democratic side.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — State law would forbid Tennessee public school teachers and students in grades kindergarten through eight from discussing the fact that some people are gay, under legislation that passed Friday in the state Senate.

MUMBAI, India (AP) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will visit Beijing for talks with a Chinese vice premier for economic affairs on Thursday, Geithner's spokesman said, in a sign the two sides are moving toward settling a dispute over China's currency controls.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sales of previously owned homes plunged in January to their lowest level since summer, providing fresh evidence that high unemployment and tight lending standards are outweighing the government's attempts to prop up the market.

The era of billion-dollar bailouts and an economy stuffed to the gills with money virtually created out of thin air is drawing to a close.

The unprecedented actions by the federal government to stave off economic collapse had to end sometime. And a variety of local bank analysts, financial advisers, chief financial officers and others regard Friday’s announced hike in the Federal Reserve’s discount rate as a step – albeit an early one – in that direction.

Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association will honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a birthday celebration Monday at 10 a.m. at its Midtown headquarters, 910 Vance Ave. The event is free and open to the public and will include music, a keynote address by Bartholomew Orr, senior pastor at Brown Missionary Baptist Church, cake and volunteers will participate in a special holiday meals delivery. For more information, call 529-4544.

The six seated figures outside the building, which represent wisdom, peace, prosperity, justice, liberty and authority, have been photographed countless times and even featured in a few movies. Each was carved from a single piece of Tennessee white marble.

DETROIT (AP) - General Motors, the company that put tail fins on a Cadillac and was once the nation's largest employer, moved to the edge of bankruptcy protection Wednesday as debtholders refused a last-ditch deal. Crosstown rival Chrysler hoped to pull off a quick exit from Chapter 11 and prove there is hope yet for a leaner Detroit.

Lynn Pfund became “green” through the unlikeliest of circumstances – breast cancer. Now a survivor of that dreaded disease, Pfund, a 23-year real estate veteran and broker for Keller Williams, has become passionate about all things eco.

Shelby County home sales continued their downward spiral during the first quarter of 2009, proof that consumer confidence has yet to be restored and that credit issues have yet to be resolved.

Just 3,078 homes were sold in the first three months of 2009, down 25 percent from 4,101 in Q1 2008, according to the latest data from real estate information company Chandler Reports, www.chandlerreports.com. The period’s total marked the lowest first quarter since Q1 2001, which saw 3,107 home sales.

Donated computers, with blank, black screens and their cords still coiled, sit in a freshly painted room at Bent Tree Apartments.

The Rev. James Williams wants them plugged in and lighting up the minds of the people who live in this neighborhood where he has operated a ministry, the Hope Fellowship Baptist Church, for the past 10 years. Williams already has an after-school learning lab set up for the children who live there. Now, he wants the same for adults so parents can read to their children.

Memphis area lawmaker Brian Kelsey added to the drama in Nashville this week when a surprise Republican choice for state House speaker was elected, apparently with some engineering from Democratic legislators.

Employment and labor lawyers throughout the country – along with businesses of all sizes – are facing changes to existing and proposed legislation.

The changes include the Family Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the two controversial bills President-elect Obama has said he will sign when he obtains his office: The Employee Free Choice Act and the RESPECT Act, both of which will change the process by which companies may unionize.

Wal-Mart executives say they are finished trying to build a third super store at Houston Levee and Macon Road in Cordova.

Monday’s 10-3 vote by the Shelby County Board of Commissioners ended a two-year process in which Wal-Mart executives won approval from the city-county Land Use Control Board, but were opposed by the local Office of Planning & Development.

A group of former and current Cargill Inc. employees has filed a $3 million federal lawsuit against the Minneapolis, Minn.-based company claiming they've been subjected to a hazardous work environment, racial discrimination and retaliation.

The Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library will host the Financial Literacy Forum today from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at 3030 Poplar Ave. U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., will be the keynote speaker. This event is open to any person with a disability or anyone who provides service or care for people with disabilities.

The Engineers' Club of Memphis will hold a meeting today at noon at the Holiday Inn-University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave. Cost is $12 and no reservations are required. W. Lewis Wood, professional engineer, will speak on "Ethics of Professional Engineering."

Johnnie Williams' more than 76,000-square-foot drum and pallet manufacturing facility at 806 Walnut St. is among the properties listed for sale at the next Shelby County tax sale, which is set for June 1.

Downtown's Pinch District is about to get a big dose of economic activity.

The $9 million Pinch Place, the $5 million Harbor Lights and the $2.1 million Turning Pointe condominium developments are in varying stages of construction on a block bounded by Auction, North Main and Front streets and North Parkway.

Theyve widened most of the main thoroughfares to six lanes and hung traffic lights every mile or so. Traffic starts backing up in both directi...

69. Archived Article: Real Focus (desoto) - Tuesday, November 07, 2000 By SUZANNE THOMPSON Industrial development boom continues in North Mississippi By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News As urban sprawl continues toward northern Mississippi, more developers are crossing the line and taking their industrial projects into ...

70. Archived Article: Mba P.2 - Friday, November 03, 2000 Bar Association announces nominees Bar Association announces nominees William H. Haltom Jr., president of the Memphis Bar Association, has released the report of the Nominations and Elections Committee for 2001. The 2001 president will be G. Patrick...

71. Archived Article: Law Focus - Thursday, May 18, 2000 By Stacey Wiedower New law hangs up on telemarketing calls By Stacey Wiedower The Daily News A little more than a year ago, state Rep. Matt Kisber (D-Jackson) and his wife had just finished dinner when the phone rang. The caller was trying to sell s...

72. Archived Article: Groundhog (market) - Monday, January 31, 2000 Groundhog to see 20,000 Tennessee shadows Groundhog to see 20,000 Tennessee shadows By Sharon H. Fitzgerald and Laurie Johnson For the third straight year, Tennessees work force will be humming a collective rendition of "Me and My Shadow" ...

73. Archived Article: Law Focus1 - Thursday, October 28, 1999 Memphis Bar Association announced nominees Memphis Bar Association announced nominees The Memphis Bar Association has released the report of its nominations and elections committee, which was chaired by Prince Chambliss. The association president fo...

75. Archived Article: Redbrds (back) - Thursday, June 25, 1998 By SUZANNE THOMPSON Corporate sponsors and Redbirds bring baseball to inner city By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Officials at seven local corporations have provided $50,000 in financial backing to the Memphis Redbirds to expand a program bringing...

76. Archived Article: Law Focus - Thursday, April 17, 1997 Each April 16, the taxpayers of the nation breathe a collective sign of relief. Its over - again. Taxing changes Knowing 1997 tax law changes helps individuals, employers and corporations plan ahead By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Each April 16, ...

77. Archived Article: Taxes - Tuesday, April 15, 1997 By SUZANNE THOMPSON By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News The Internal Revenue Service is expecting 16 million federal income tax returns to be filed electronically this year, according to William E. Williams, former deputy commissioner of the IRS. Wil...

78. Archived Article: Weather Chg - Wednesday, January 15, 1997 By CAMILLE H Weather on the Web Several sites on the Internet offer the latest weather information 24 hours a day By CAMILLE H. GAMBLE The Daily News Cold temperatures and the threat of snow and sleet in the Mid-South have caused many people to sear...

79. Archived Article: Weather Chg - Wednesday, January 15, 1997 By CAMILLE H Weather on the Web Several sites on the Internet offer the latest weather information 24 hours a day JAN. 15, 1997 -- Cold temperatures and the threat of snow and sleet in the Mid-South have caused many people to search for real-time we...

80. Archived Article: Law Analys - Thursday, June 20, 1996 Largest law firms continue growth Largest law firms continue growth Firms with up to 1,858 employees grew 3.4 percent in 1995 U.S. law firms continued to grow in 1995, achieving moderate growth throughout the country, according to the 1996 Of Counse...